Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Pears

These creamy sweet potatoes baked with pears smell wonderful while cooking and taste magnificent on the Thanksgiving table. This dish is sure to become a family favorite!

Step: 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step: 2

Prick the sweet potatoes with a fork and bake in the preheated oven 1 hour, or until tender.

Step: 3

Peel the baked sweet potatoes. Place in a medium bowl and whip until smooth.

Step: 4

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, gently cook the pears 10 minutes, or until tender. Process the pears in a food processor until smooth.

Step: 5

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix the evaporated milk, vanilla, brown sugar and butter. Heat until scalded. Blend into the sweet potatoes.

Step: 6

Mix the pear puree, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange juice and pecans into the sweet potato mixture. Transfer to a large baking dish.

Step: 7

Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Per Serving: 405 calories; protein 5.9g; carbohydrates 58.2g; fat 18.2g; cholesterol 24.4mg; sodium 150.6mg.

One of most clear way to choose a side dish is to look at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick more different. When you’re cooking pasta, make sure for a simple healthy dish . Making steak? Go for more light. If you’re making stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can apply to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by scheduling three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the stovetop . But often you can made a dish do double-duty .